Grammar

Question 1

Sarah, London

Answer 1

Proper noun

Question 2

Actual objects: book, chair

Answer 2

Concrete noun

Question 3

Ideas, feelings: fear, capitalism

Answer 3

Abstract noun

Question 4

Term used to describe words, tell you more about nouns
Greatest
Beautiful

Answer 4

Adjectives

Question 5

Given an opinion of something

‘The DISGUSTING cake’

Answer 5

Evaluative adjectives

Question 6

A factual description

‘The blue hat’

Answer 6

Qualitative adjectives

Question 7

Comparing one thing to another.

‘Mt Everest is HIGHER than other mountains’.

Answer 7

Comparative adjectives

Question 8

Tallest, the most quiet, brownest, the most special.

Answer 8

Superlative adjectives

Question 9

Give the 4 sentence types

Answer 9

Declarative sentences- statements
Interrogative sentence- questions
Imperative sentence- commands
Exclamatory sentences- have an exclamation mark at the end.

Question 10

I, you, he, she, it

My, mine, someone, this

Answer 10

Pronouns

Question 11

Compound sentence definition and example

Answer 11

A sentence with two main clauses joined with a coordinative conjunction (connective).
‘The cat ate her food and washed her face’
The two clauses don’t effect each other.

Question 12

Simple sentence definition and example.

Answer 12

Have one main verb.

‘The cat sat on the mat’

Question 13

Minor sentences definition and example

Answer 13

Incomplete sentences.
No verbs.
‘Splendid’
‘Whatever’

Question 14

Complex sentences definition and examples.

Answer 14

A sentence with a main clause and subordinate clause joined with a subordinating conjunction.
‘The cat ate her food because she liked it’
The two things are related.

Question 15

Noun phrases

Answer 15

A group of words that can be replaced by a pronoun.
‘The really shiny red cars were very fast’ = ‘They were very fast’.
The + adjective + noun
The shiny cars.

The+ adverb + adjective+ noun
The really shiny cars.

Question 16

Actions
E.g.
To punch
To kick
To jump 
To hug
To shout 
To drive

Answer 16

Dynamic verbs

Question 17

Feelings and psychological states
E.g.
To think
To feel
To dream
To imagine
To love
To remember

Answer 17

Stative verbs

Question 18

Modify the tone of the sentence.

Can, could, will, would, should, may, must/might.

Answer 18

Modal verbs

Question 19

Tell us more about verbs.
How?- quickly, quietly.
When?- tomorrow.
Where?- here, there.
To what extent?- very

Answer 19

Adverbs

Question 20

Deixis

Answer 20

words and phrases that cannot be fully understood without additional contextual information.

For example - ‘Maybe you’ll see this (dog barks) hear that (parrot squawks, siren)’.

Question 21

Second person pronoun

Answer 21

Refers to the reader

E.g. you, your, yours

Question 22

Third person pronouns

Answer 22

he, she, it, they, him, her, them, his, her, hers, its, their, and theirs.

Question 23

Parallel phrasing

Answer 23

sentences which are structured in a very similar way

eg. ‘maybe you’ll go left, maybe you’ll go right’.